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It was Zetterberg's third career hat trick.
Manny Malhotra scored Columbus' goal.
Zetterberg, who has 39 goals, tied the game at 1, 6:43 into the third period with a spectacular effort. He took the puck from his own blue line into the Columbus zone, where he skated past defensemen Jan Hejda and Rostislav Klesla, before backhanding the puck past Blue Jackets goaltender Fredrik Norrena.
Zetterberg's second goal came on the power play with 1:54 left when he scored on a one-timer from the left circle.
He completed his hat trick with 1:19 left when he stole the puck from Jiri Novotny in the neutral zone, carried it into the Blue Jackets' zone, made a fake on Norrena and put the puck into the empty net.
Malhotra's power-play goal opened the scoring 7:05 into the second period. He put in a loose puck for his 11th goal.
Notes: Columbus was without G Pascal LeClaire (head) and RW David Vyborny (knee sprain). ... C Kris Draper (groin), C Valtteri Filppula (groin) and RW Tomas Holmstrom (lower abdominal) missed the game for Detroit. ... Blue Jackets LW Fredrik Modin returned after missing a game with the flu. ... Columbus RW Jared Boll left the game with a hip injury after a collision with Modin early in the first period. ... The Red Wings' three shots in the first period were the fewest they've had at home in a period this season. ... Blue Jackets C Dan Fritsche injured his hand in the second period and did not return.
[Associated Press]
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